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Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton had their first BP session as teammates and it went as expected

(Lynne Sladky)

There are a couple things we look forward to this Spring Training: One is Joey Votto's first quote of the season; he did not disappoint. The other was the first batting-practice session between very large teammates Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton. They, too, did not leave us dissatisfied.
On Monday, if you found yourself at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla., you more than likely had your eyes glued to the festivities taking place during batting practice. Yep, Judge and Stanton had their first power display, and it went about as you expected.
Judge did Judge-like things:

And Stanton did the things he does best:

The crowd cheered the entire time the guys took hacks -- and the final results? Well:

That was fun guys, let's do it again sometime.

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